The more I look at new Corvette in this flamboyant red livery, the more I want to like it.

But its assimilated looks, striving to be like the rest of flock, slapdash rear end and cursory interior deflate my enthusiasm and all that makes me think it will be another ordinary mid engine car that every old geezer will drive slowly in left lane. And lack of manual gearbox will only boost desirability among those who exhibit left foot indolence syndrome.

I want to be wrong. But deep down inside I know, and most of you know, it is the reality!

Looks good on paper. But instead of gushing over it and calling it the best car ever, I will reserve judgment until I actually get to drive one. Or at least wait for a C&D long term test to see how it actually fares as a daily driver. Until then, good luck GM. Hope you can deliver a good, well built car. And it would be prudent for prospective buyers to wait until the second year of production to give GM time to work out the bugs on a brand new design. There are sure to be some. True for almost every automaker.

So diplomatic. I am not holding my breath on build quality. Chevy has yet to make a car with even average quality. Although I guess now that Alfa sells cars here, there's somebody who does a worse job ...

You have to give Chevy a lot of credit for giving us a lot of car for the money. It's unbelievable what you get for 60K. I am equally sure it will perform as advertised, but suspect the cost will be a lot higher once you spec it out with the proper creature comforts. Yes, the exotics have carbon fiber tubs etc, but this is an unreal car for the masses. However, I bought an F Type because I just couldn't get past the hot wheels look of the C7. I can't help thinking what this could have looked like without breaking the bank. Some will love it, so yes it's just my opinion.

I didn't like it initially. While I'm still not sold on the interior design, remove the spoiler in a darker color (anything other than red, really) and I'm starting to dig it. And for the price (minus the immense dealer markup I'm sure we will see) and it become even more promising.

attention C/D staff. take a look at the front spindle where it bots onto the knuckle. there is a suspicious hole behind the spindle/hub. big enough for an axle pass through about the same size as the rear knuckle. CAN YOU SAY AWD in the high performance model?

The writer sure rips into the steering wheel, it's almost like they've never seen any of the competition's high end cars before?...or any modern race cars? Pretty bad for a professional writer, clearly has his Chevy hate on in this section.

Didn't like it at first, but it's growing on me - even the interior. I saw a profile shot if a light colored one (white/light blue/something?) without the spoiler and it looked incredible. That spoiler is a no-go as far as I'm concerned, in any color but red (red makes it look oddly proportioned).